Lancashire Parish Registers now online at Ancestry.co.uk

Lancashire parish registers now online at Ancestry.co.uk. It is always exciting when I log onto Ancestry.co.uk and I see an announcement for a new set of records. Today it is the turn of Lancashire and Ancestry in partnership with Lancashire Archives have put online Lancashire parish registers.

The dataset comprises the following

Baptisms, Marriages & Burials 1538 – 1812

Baptisms 1813 – 1911

Marriages & Banns 1754 – 1936

Burials 1813 – 1986

Confirmations 1856 – 1922

The collection is of images from parish registers and these images have been indexed so you get the joy of seeing the original documents as if you were in the archives.

When I clicked on the announcement box I noticed that just below the blurb about the new release there was a range of videos about Parish Registers featuring Tony Robinson & Angela Crouch. They are more a promotion for Ancestry than a teaching aid and only last about a minute, but are interesting to look at if only for the background viewing of lovely old churches and churchyards.

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History, particularly Family History is my passion. I have worked in libraries & archives, I teach family history, conduct workshops and give genealogy presentations. It seemed a shame to have all this knowledge & experience and not share it with others, so this website was born.